WikiWord

English

cherries

noun

Meaning

  1. (British) A rail-gap indicator
  2. A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  3. Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
  4. The wood of a cherry tree.
  5. (color) Cherry red.
  6. Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
  7. A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

brandied(English)morello(English)check rail(English)railroad spike(English)cash railway(English)land rail(English)jerk-water(English)cut-out(English)marasca(English)maraschino(English)pears(English)peaches(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
cherries — meaning and etymology | WikiWord